Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [be] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might say : no checkerboard statute could be enacted unless a majority of the legislators voted for provisions they thought unjust . |
| 2 | Neighbours had complained about noise from the church and the council wanted soundproofing , a limit on the hours the building could be used and a ban on bass drum playing . |
| 3 | It has been argued that continuous agriculture could be maintained if a closed nutrient cycle could be achieved , the canopy not perforated so that leaching would be prevented and the forest floor would not deteriorate , and if nutrients were added to equal those exported as crops and the diversity of species maintained . |
| 4 | Evans proposed that the problem of power-sharing could be side-stepped if a UN interim administration were to govern Cambodia pending a general election . |
| 5 | Finsbury Park or the Euston Road , but more serious damage could be done if a fatty was seen wearing a bad pair of trainers by the opposing teams ' fashion spotters . |
| 6 | This was an inefficient system , since there would often be other processing that the computer could be doing while a transput operation was being completed . |
| 7 | Its only significant concession to opponents of abortion was a clause which required parental notification in the case of young women under the age of 18 , although notification could be waived if a doctor concluded that it was not in her best interest . |
| 8 | European scientists have warned that an ozone hole could be created if a future winter was longer and colder — especially as levels of ozone-destroying chlorine in the atmosphere are expected to rise into the next century . |
| 9 | But its lethal potential could be eradicated if a new formulation incorporating methionine , a harmless compound used in treating overdose victims , is granted approval by the Committee on safety of Medicines ( methionine is an amino acid ) . |
| 10 | As this suggests , the appeal of such a tune could be seen as a ‘ leftover ’ , an ‘ echo ’ of a bygone era of craftsmanship ; and Adorno recognizes the possibility of this — indeed , he acknowledges that it is precisely in popular music that the category of the ‘ idea ’ ( a relatively independent , memorable element within a totality , a phenomenon more or less abandoned by ‘ serious ’ music ) lives on , and with it a sense of creative spontaneity ( Adorno 1976 : 34–7 ) . |